The Making of a Saint
The Life, Times and Sanctification of Neophytos the Recluse

A study of how a Byzantine holy man became a saint.

Catia Galatariotou (Author)

9780521390354, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 10 October 1991

328 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.65 kg

Every case of sanctification is unique - as unique as the holy man or woman at its centre. Yet at the same time the problem posed is a general one: how does an individual become a Saint? In this bold and pioneering study the author answers the question by providing a detailed analysis of the case of the late twelfth- and early thirteenth-century Byzantine holy man, the Cypriot Saint Neophytos the Recluse.

List of plates
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Introduction: aims and methods
Part I. The Life and Times of Neophytos the Recluse: 1. The life of Neophytos
2. The literary and wider cultural context of Neophytos' writings
3. Cyprus in the eleventh, twelfth and early thirteenth centuries
Part II. The Process of Self-Sanctification: 4. Neophytos' conception of sanctity
5. The self-proclaimed holy man
Part III. The Social Context of Sanctity: 6. Education
7. Neophytos' public
8. Social commentary
9. Secular politics
10. Ecclesiastical politics
Part IV. Saint Neophytos the Recluse: 11. Sanctification
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], European history [HBJD]